Switch 2 GPU vs Arctic Sound 2T

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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ArchitectureGeneration 12.5 (2021−2023)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameArctic SoundGA10B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2021 (4 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7680 ×21536
Core clock speed900 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology10 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate216.0 ×267.20
Floating-point processing power13.82 TFLOPS ×24.301 TFLOPS
ROPs120 ×216
TMUs240 ×248
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mm272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2eLPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount16 GB ×212 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit ×2128 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.23 TB/s ×2102.4 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 10 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 40 Watt

Arctic Sound 2T has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 1150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arctic Sound 2T and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arctic Sound 2T is a workstation graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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